TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2023

Creative platform EVEN , which allows artists to sell music directly to fans, said it has closed a $2.2 The company’s CEO and founder, Mag Rodriguez, says he started building the platform last February as a way to help Black and brown artists retain equity in their creative work. Creative platform EVEN raises $2.2M

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2023

Creative platform EVEN , which allows artists to sell music directly to fans, said it has closed a $2.2 The company’s CEO and founder, Mag Rodriguez, says he started building the platform last February as a way to help Black and brown artists retain equity in their creative work. Creative platform EVEN raises $2.2M

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

It’s critical to business. “Without happy people, we don’t have happy clients, and without happy clients there is no revenue, and without revenue there is no company,” says Lee Deas, Founder of Obviouslee , a marketing and design agency. I know I am supported and what I say is welcomed and valuable.” Live your company values.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

But I never thought of myself as an underdog because I knew it is easier to get those four things than what I, and every Roami team member, innately have: creativity and grit,” says King-Geovanis. And finally, we’ll begin purchasing our most profitable properties, giving us total creative control and even better margins.”

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2021

Creative is not a word I typically use to describe myself. In my mind, “creativity” was always reserved for artists and designers, both of which I am not. It wasn’t until I launched my small business, Kono’s Kitchen, in July 2020 that I realized creativity is everything an entrepreneur embodies. Creative Beginnings.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MAY 6, 2024

The Cultural Leadership Fund (CLF) team is often asked by portfolio founders how exactly cultural leaders can be a game-changing asset for their companies. The benefits of founder x cultural leader partnerships work both ways. For Founders Make It Make Sense Venture capital is where innovation meets investment.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 25, 2021

Design and marketing consultancy R/GA is expanding its Venture Studios program with the launch of a new Coalition Venture Studio focused specifically on supporting Black-led and Black-owned startups. Venture firms rush to find ways to support Black founders and investors. Eligible startups can register on the Coalition website.

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 28, 2020

We launched Startup School as an online program in 2017 to support founders actively working on building their companies. On November 9th, we’re also opening Startup School to potential founders who are interested in starting a company in the future. We’d love to support you however we can.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 27, 2022

The creative community has been a ripe target for startups building tools and services to serve their interests and needs as they transition from their traditionally offline practices into a digital present and future. “And those numbers are growing,” co-founder and CEO Julio G. billion valuation. Home sweet home.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 15, 2024

Tesla co-founder joins TELO board timely guiding the company through its next development stage EV manufacturer TELO gained significant support for its innovative mini-truck via a $5.4 Prior investor Sp ero Ventures and angel investors joined the round supporting TELO’s efforts to bring their innovative truck to market.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 8, 2021

But financing isn’t always easy — especially if you’re the proud founder of a brand new business. You still have plenty of creative financing options to fund your business. Creative financing options for new businesses. Traditional banks and financial institutions set a high bar for borrowers. Bootstrapping.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 19, 2024

Who better than our EO community to offer creative strategies for mitigating the adverse effects of stress? I needed more support, so being a founder, I created it. “I Recognizing the toll on my health, I had to get creative. Plus, better abs never hurt.” — Jess Loseke, EO Nashville, co-founder and CEO, Midwest Barrel Co.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

APRIL 17, 2022

Stamina and creativity carry Monscierge through pandemic impacts. We were so determined,” said Marcus Robinson, Monscierge’s co-founder and CEO, “thinking that there always has to be a way. Monscierge is the company enabling that in amazingly creative new ways. Stamina and creativity carry Monscierge through pandemic impacts.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 14, 2024

Over a decade ago, when I was working for First Round Capital, we opened our doors for “Open Office Hours”—a series of open meetings where any founder could come in and chat with us for 20 minutes each. I’m not sure we backed any of the founders—but that wasn’t the point. We met quite a few smart folks. We had 70 investors sign up!

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

JANUARY 23, 2024

Overcoming obstacles and transforming STEM education in Jamaica By Zoe Sweet “All I wanted to do was make an impact that will transform the education system in Jamaica,” says Kavelle Hylton , a 2022 YLAI Fellow and founder of STEM Builders Learning Hub. She continued to network to get the support that she needed.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Everything is switching from offline to online mode, spurred by the pandemic, and that also has turned around things for the creative economy. Creative professionals continue to look for ways to monetize their talents and knowledge through online education platforms like CLASS101 that bring stable incomes and improve opportunities.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Dakotah Rice, founder of Poolit, tells Mary Ann , “2023 will be a fantastic year in all likelihood for venture and private equity. Support direct to customers : Kate reports that Plugo, an e-commerce support platform for D2C brands in Southeast Asia, picks up a $9 million Series A. Startups and VC. to 17 cents. Big Tech Inc.

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American Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In the hands of creatives, it is almost a wonder as to what can now be done once AI is incorporated into a platform. My Co-Founder and I are creatives at heart. Guo and her co-founder & CTO Chenlin Meng are former students of Stanford University’s Artificial Intelligence Lab. Pika just announced Pika 1.0,

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Register The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), in collaboration with key officials from Marikina City’s 2nd District, has introduced the pilot programs and services of the Marikina Creative and Innovation Hub at the Center for Innovation and Technology for Enterprises (CITE) in Marikina City, the Philippines.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The European startup’s flagship claim for the data-ingesting bot-builder platform is it’s capable of automating up to 80% of customer support interactions. will hand-hold you through the process of building a super savvy customer service robot, is the pitch.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Cage provides a web-based tool that helps creative professionals—from freelancers to branding agencies to in-house creative departments—collaborate on projects and share ideas in one place in real time, no matter who is working on what. “We We are the only company to have received this support in the Midwest.

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StartupNation

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Sometimes when you’re in the zone as a founder, a case of the twisties can utterly derail progress. As a consultant to many of the world’s most innovative global brands as well as motivated founders looking for a jump-start, it’s important to be able to know what steps along the way are absolutely necessary and which ones are nice to have.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 14, 2023

We’re excited to close this round and get back to expanding and servicing our rapidly growing customer base behind the rollout AnswerGPT TM – the leading customer care solution,” said Aakrit Prasad, CEO and co-founder of AptEdge. AptEdge’s contextual answer engine understands all the knowledge across the support team’s workflows.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Given the shifting landscape, it’s helpful for you as a CEO and/or founder—or for your finance and capital markets teams, if you have those hires to help you through this process—to know who the key players are at each stage so you can spend your time and energy speaking to the right firms. small business loans for their customers).

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Jason Malki

JULY 10, 2023

The Co-founder/CEO of Axioned. Libby, leads a renowned technology services firm specializing in transforming the visions of Founders and Innovators into lucrative revenue streams by bringing their tech-product ideas to fruition. In 2009, I made the decision to join forces with my co-founder, Dev Jhala.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

In recent years, calling oneself a startup founder was certainly seen as a flex. In addition to having fewer outlets to address mental health issues, founders on the continent are facing a new kind of pressure, the type that comes off the back of a record venture capital year (2021) bolstered by large U.S.

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NZ Entrepreneur

APRIL 23, 2023

In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and innovators working on our next generation of new business startups, social enterprises and small businesses. As a creative tech employer, we are committed to growing our local economies by providing job opportunities and promoting a career in creative technology.

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Source Link

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Extra time at home allowed many people to tap into their own creativity and inner entrepreneur—not just for those who were unemployed or pursuing a change, but also those dealing with virtual work. The growing number of entrepreneurs needing business startup and planning support was noticeable across the nation. Rebuilding equitably.

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StartupNation

MARCH 23, 2021

” That was Lori Coulter, CEO and co-founder of Summersalt, speaking at the State of the Midwest Startup Community 2020. There’s no denying that women have made many strides in closing the gender gap in tech, but those trends haven’t necessarily been true for female founders. Melissa Butler, Founder and CEO.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

This was the shared dream of Rick Fiery and Tom Bergeron, the co-founders of InventiveLabs , a multi-track research center that supports Inventives, people who have non-traditional learning styles and are looking to make their passions a reality. Featured image courtesy of InventiveLabs.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Looking for a supportive community of folks traveling a similar path? Going, going fast: We have a limited number of $199 Founder Launch passes. TC Early Stage is focused exclusively on new founders and emerging entrepreneurs. Ready to kick your j-o-b to the curb and finally unleash your entrepreneurial ambition?

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Besides, there were a limited number of places where I could do my job in venture capital anyway—and while I might be a go to for a pitch from super early stage pre-seed and seed founders looking for quick answers and decisive term sheets in New York City, the reality is that I would be pretty far down the list in the Valley. Their employees?

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

Maya Moufarek, founder of Marketing Cube , spent more than 15 years working for companies like Google and American Express before launching her own growth consultancy. So founders often delay the brand-building process or laying the foundations for one. Strong, effective brands are not built overnight.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 11, 2020

Written by Parveen Dhupar , chief creative officer at BTI Brand Innovations Inc. Evaluate your relationships, partnerships and the brands you support against the values that are important to you when it comes to systemic injustice and discrimination. Support minority-led businesses. My name is Parveen Dhupar. Check your values.

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AsiaTechDaily

JULY 27, 2023

It was selected as a priority area for investment cooperation in May, and was designed to support investment in the cultural sector. Source: Korea Creative Content Agency ‘2022 Survey of Korean Game Users in Overseas Markets’ Report The game usage cost in the Middle East was comparatively high against other countries.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 10, 2020

The 1K project was built by Alex from NYC, Minda from Seattle, and a group of over 20 volunteers consisting mostly of tech founders. A supporter signs up to support one or more individuals who have recently been laid off and have been nominated by their former employer.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Having a portfolio where half the companies have at least one female founder or person of color has made me think a lot about our culture. Moreover, it has a community built around diverse perspectives, support and empowerment. I'm thrilled to be an investor in The Wing --a Home Base for Women on Their Way.

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